Executive Team

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Michael Geisser

Managing Director Market Development

Michael has ample experience working for different finance and IT companies in Europe. During his last assignment with SAP AG he was managing a program of strategic IT initiatives, one of them being the introduction of virtual events to this company. In order to develop a leading virtual event provider, he left SAP in 2009 to found ubivent. Here, he is mainly responsible for the development of new markets.

Thomas Butter

Managing Director Research and Development

Thomas in an experienced software developer. He actively participated in multiple open source projects, and has conducted extensive research in novel software development tools and methods. He was working in different roles on various software projects, the last one being the technical manager for several virtual event projects at SAP AG. Dissatisfied by the existing platforms he quit his job in early 2009 and started his own virtual event company. At ubivent he is responsible for research and development.

Andi Geisser

Head of Design

Andi studied IT and telecommunications in Germany and Finland. Since then he worked in different creative jobs such as photographer or manager of a media lab. Recently he has been acting as graphical director for an advertising agency. He currently supports ubivent as Head of Design. In this role he is responsible for the graphical conception of the platform and any other design issue.

Jens Arndt

Managing Director Operations and Finance

Jens worked on different IT projects for mutliple companies in the US and Germany. On his last job at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, the worldwide market leader for offset printing presses, Jens led a team responsible for defining and enforcing a company-wide Business Intelligence strategy. In 2009 he quit this job to found ubivent. Here, he is responsible for project management, internal operations and finance.

News

ubivent is one of the top prize winners of the "Mittelstandsprogramm 2010" initiative! Jury of this award is the Council of Innovation which awards prizes to innovative products and services which are deemed to strengthen the competitive edge of small and midsized companies. Read more here.